MAX17048, MAX17049 Micropower 1-Cell/2-Cell Li+ ModelGauge ICs Maximize Battery Run Time with Industry's Smallest Size, Lowest Power Fuel Gauges that Eliminate a Current-Sense Resistor

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Status Active: In Production. Description The MAX17048/MAX17049 ICs are tiny, micropower current fuel gauges for lithium-ion (Li+) batteries in handheld and portable equipment. The MAX17048 operates with a single lithium cell and the MAX17049 with two lithium cells in series. The ICs use the sophisticated Li+ battery-modeling algorithm ModelGauge™ to track the battery relative state-of-charge (SOC) continuously over widely varying charge and discharge conditions. The ModelGauge algorithm eliminates current-sense resistor and battery-learn cycles required in traditional fuel gauges. Temperature compensation is implemented using the system microcontroller. The ICs automatically detect when the battery enters a low-current state and switches into a low-power 4µA hibernate mode, while still providing accurate fuel gauging. The ICs automatically exit hibernate mode when the system returns to active state. On battery insertion, the ICs debounce initial voltage measurements to improve the initial SOC estimate, thus allowing them to be located on system side. SOC, voltage, and rate information is accessed using the I²C interface. The ICs are available in a tiny 0.9mm × 1.7mm, 8-bump wafer-level package (WLP), or a 2mm × 2mm, 8-pin TDFN package.

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An evaluation kit is available: MAX17048EVKIT, MAX17049EVKIT MAX17048XEVKIT, MAX17049XEVKIT

NOTE: This product uses the following:
MAX17049 EVKit Software
MAX17048 EVKit Software

Key Features MAX17048: 1 Cell, MAX17049: 2 Cells Precision ±7.5m­V/Cell Voltage Measurement ModelGauge Algorithm Provides Accurate State-of-Charge Compensates for Temperature/Load Variation Does Not Accumulate Errors, Unlike Coulomb Counters Eliminates Learning Eliminates Current-Sense Resistor Ultra-Low Quiescent Current 4µA Hibernate, 23µA Active Fuel Gauges in Hibernate Mode Automatically Enters and Exits Hibernate Mode Reports Charge and Discharge Rate Battery-Insertion Debounce Best of 16 Samples to Estimate Initial SOC Programmable Reset for Battery Swap 2.28V to 3.48V Range Configurable Alert Indicator Low SOC 1% Change in SOC Battery Undervoltage/Overvoltage VRESET Alert I²C Interface 8-Bit OTP ID Register (Contact Factory)   Applications/Uses Digital Still and Video Cameras e-Readers Portable Game Players Portable Medical Equipment Smartphones/PDAs Tablets and Handheld Computers Wireless Handsets